Every morning or so Newton (our 4 year old) hops on my lap and we snuggle while singing a local, family diddy about snuggling. This morning he let me in on his Christmas Philosophy. He told me all the things he wanted: a four-wheeler, a skateboard, legos, and more. Then, he told me how he […]
Jesus sits at God’s right hand. He is the one who subdues us to himself, rules over us and defends us from all of his and our enemies.
On Decebmer 8, 1944 – the day after Pearl Harbor – American B-29 bombers began bombing the Japanese-occupied island of Iwo Jima. This tiny island was the […]
Aparently, Mexico’s lawmakers want to ban smoking in “public places”, although the meaning of that term has not yet been defined. It’s doubtful whether anything beyond raising tobacco prices is possible. Here’s Reuter’s article:
MEXICO CITY, Nov 21 (Reuters) - A Mexican congressional committee approved on Wednesday a ban on smoking in public places, a first […]
Awhile back as I was looking through my list of people to catch up with, I came across a guy named “Perfecto”, or “perfect”. I know of some grandparents that think their granddaughters should have been named “Perfecta”, but the illusion surely doesn’t last very long does it? Can you imagine trying to live up […]
As we enter finals season, students minds are on “the goal” of finishing the semester well (and some just finishing!). Please pray for these students as they enter into the last burst of classes, final projects, and final exams. Pray that their eyes will be on Christ as they pore over their books and type […]
In contrast to my “mac evangelist” buddies, my experience with Mac has been pretty poor. The midgrade MacBook that I purchased 1.5 years ago proved to be the bane of my computing existence - it was very slow, very clumsy, and had to have a mother board and a hard drive replaced, as well as […]
According to Reforma, it appears that the Zocalo, the enormous central plaza of Mexico City, is going to be turned into an ice skating rink for the Christmas season! It will be the largest in the world, a whopping 3200 square meters in size, when it opens on December 1. Sounds pretty cool.
Of course, questions […]
The UNAM has a new rector as of November 20 who will continue to “sustain the national, autonomous, public, free, and secular education of the UNAM, as well as its principles of professorial freedom, research, education and social commitment”.
According to La Jornada (published by the UNAM), José Narro Robles was born in northern Mexico in […]
For the last couple of weeks during our main Bible study, which takes place in the central quad of the university, I’ve been heckled by gringo haters. Two weeks ago, a guy started shouting something to the effect of “Tell them about your uncle Bush and how he was behind 9/11 and how he invaded […]
Today if you are in the United States of America, you will celebrate thanksgiving by stuffing yourself with food amongst friends and family, playing a little touch football, and thanking God for all of the rich blessings that he has given you.
Here in Mexico, we don’t celebrate “día de acción de gracias”, so it will […]